Read Edit View history 检 jiǎn HSK2 inspect Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檢. Based on the original meaning "label on a book". The meaning later shifted to "arrange" and "examine". Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 檢 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 检 Simp strokes 检 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 检 Simp strokes 检 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 检 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 123, 512 ], [ 183, 510 ], [ 356, 558 ], [ 410, 561 ] ], [ [ 270, 802 ], [ 321, 748 ], [ 301, 199 ], [ 284, 43 ], [ 284, -46 ] ], [ [ 288, 505 ], [ 279, 497 ], [ 262, 417 ], [ 213, 325 ], [ 153, 236 ], [ 70, 136 ] ], [ [ 335, 379 ], [ 344, 364 ], [ 372, 347 ], [ 399, 317 ] ], [ [ 587, 767 ], [ 621, 734 ], [ 626, 723 ], [ 618, 701 ], [ 544, 551 ], [ 447, 410 ], [ 410, 374 ] 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118 Q 638 105 635 93 C 627 64 654 73 669 99 Z", "M 635 93 Q 629 94 624 93 Q 527 83 414 71 Q 392 70 407 51 Q 422 36 440 30 Q 462 24 479 28 Q 617 61 840 52 Q 856 52 872 50 Q 893 50 898 59 Q 904 71 887 86 Q 826 134 767 114 Q 725 108 669 99 L 635 93 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.